Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-33-31 (2026)
Lotteries; penalty for putting on; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law
✓ current as of July 2026
If any person, in order to raise money for himself or another, or for any purpose whatever, shall publicly or privately put up a lottery to be drawn or adventured for, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years.
This section shall not apply to the operation of any game or lottery authorized by Chapter 115, Title 27.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 3(23); 1857, ch. 64, art. 141; 1871, § 2605; 1880, § 2851; 1892, § 1199; 1906, § 1277; Hemingway's 1917, § 1009; 1930, § 1038; 1942, § 2270.
Amended by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 58, eff. 9/1/2018.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1985–2001 · leading case: Harold Wayne Enlow v. Tishomingo Cnty., Mississippi, Jim Wall, in His Individual Capacity, 962 F.2d 501 (5th Cir. 1992).
Harold Wayne Enlow v. Tishomingo Cnty., Mississippi, Jim Wall, in His Individual Capacity, 962 F.2d 501 (5th Cir. 1992). “The statute provides: If any person, in order to raise money for himself or another, or for any purpose whatever, shall publicly or privately put up a lottery to be drawn or adventured for, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding five years.”
MS GAMING COM'N v. Six Video Gamb. Devices, 792 So. 2d 321 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-33-31 through 97-33-47 (Rev.”
Naron v. Prestage, 469 So. 2d 83 (Miss. 1985). “§ 23-1-51 (1972) and § 97-13-1 (1972); (3) The special tribunal erred in its failure to rule that the cash-drawing sponsored by appellee constituted a lottery in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-33-31 (1972). I. Appellant Tommy E.”
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